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HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL
First Bail Application No. 1790 of 2024
Bunty @ Vipin Kant
….....Applicant
Versus
State of Uttarakhand ….….Respondent
Present:- Mr. Pankaj Kumar Sharma, Advocate for the applicant. Mr. S.C. Dumka, A.G.A. for the State.
Hon’ble Ravindra Maithani, J. (Oral)
Applicant is in judicial custody in FIR No.594 of 2023, under Sections 376, 376D, 342, 506, 370(2), 366A, 366B IPC and Section 3(a)/4 and 5(l)/6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, Police Station Kotwali Jwalapur, District Haridwar. He has sought his release on bail.
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Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record.
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It is argued by learned counsel for the applicant that the victim has already been examined at trial; her statement in examination-in-chief is not corroborating with the statement recorded in the FIR. Even otherwise, it is argued that the victim, in her cross-examination, has totally denied the prosecution case.
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These facts are admitted by learned State Counsel.
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Having considered, this Court is of the view that it is a case fit for bail and the applicant deserves to be enlarged on bail.
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The bail application is allowed.
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Let the applicant be released on bail, on his executing a personal bond and furnishing two reliable sureties, each in the like amount, to the satisfaction of the court concerned.
(Ravindra Maithani, J)
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